diff --git a/InvenTree/part/templates/part/part_base.html b/InvenTree/part/templates/part/part_base.html
index c1c64dddea..8abf7717f3 100644
--- a/InvenTree/part/templates/part/part_base.html
+++ b/InvenTree/part/templates/part/part_base.html
@@ -110,7 +110,47 @@
 
         console.log('dropped');
 
-        //$(this).removeClass('dragover');
+        if (files.length > 0) {
+            var file = files[0];
+
+            var formData = new FormData();
+
+            var token = getCookie('csrftoken');
+
+            formData.append('file', file);
+
+            $.ajax({
+                beforeSend: function(xhr, settings) {
+                    xhr.setRequestHeader('X-CSRFToken', token);
+                },
+                url: "{% url 'part-image-upload' part.id %}",
+                type: 'POST',
+                data: formData,
+                processData: false,
+                contentType: false,
+                success: function(data, status, xhr) {
+                    //location.reload();
+                },
+                error: function(xhr, status, error) {
+                    console.log('Error uploading thumbnail: ' + status);
+                    console.log(error);
+                }
+            });
+
+            /*
+            inventreeUpdate(
+                "{% url 'part-image-upload' part.id %}",
+                formData,
+                {
+                    method: 'POST',
+                    dataType: 'json',
+                }
+            );
+            */
+
+            console.log('submitted');
+        }
+
     });
 
     $("#show-qr-code").click(function() {
diff --git a/InvenTree/part/urls.py b/InvenTree/part/urls.py
index 4cda10a0f0..7663318f96 100644
--- a/InvenTree/part/urls.py
+++ b/InvenTree/part/urls.py
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ part_detail_urls = [
     
     url(r'^qr_code/?', views.PartQRCode.as_view(), name='part-qr'),
 
+    # Drag-and-drop thumbnail upload
+    url(r'^thumbnail-upload/?', views.UploadPartImage.as_view(), name='part-image-upload'),
+
+    # Normal thumbnail with form
     url(r'^thumbnail/?', views.PartImage.as_view(), name='part-image'),
 
     # Any other URLs go to the part detail page
diff --git a/InvenTree/part/views.py b/InvenTree/part/views.py
index c97808888e..6fbd18318e 100644
--- a/InvenTree/part/views.py
+++ b/InvenTree/part/views.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
 
+from django.http import JsonResponse
 from django.urls import reverse_lazy
 from django.views.generic import DetailView, ListView
 from django.forms.models import model_to_dict
@@ -268,6 +269,31 @@ class PartImage(AjaxUpdateView):
         }
 
 
+class UploadPartImage(AjaxView):
+    """ View for uploading a Part image """
+
+    model = Part
+
+    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        try:
+            part = Part.objects.get(pk=kwargs.get('pk'))
+        except Part.DoesNotExist:
+            error_dict = {
+                'error': 'Part not found',
+            }
+            return JsonResponse(error_dict, status=404)
+
+        print("Files:", request.FILES)
+        uploaded_file = request.FILES['file']
+
+        response_dict = {
+            'success': 'File was uploaded successfully',
+        }
+
+        return JsonResponse(response_dict, status=200)
+
+
+
 class PartEdit(AjaxUpdateView):
     """ View for editing Part object """